If you want to learn how to use herbs medicinally and not only medicinally but also grow them,

I can think of little else that gets me excited as knowing I can literally grow our medicine right outside our back door, then you, my friend, are going to want to make

sure that you are registered and signed up for our herbal summer series. This is completely free, though you definitely could charge for it because it is

packed with information. Once you sign up starting in August, every week you are going to get an email from me going over my top 10 favorite herbs.

Each week we are going to pick one of those herbs and do a deep dive on how to grow that herb,

but more importantly, how to use it, including safety, and if you should use it or not if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

We go through all of the cautions, the medicinal properties, and its uses.

So when you get done done you will have in your pocket and hopefully by

that point in your medicine cabinet my favorite top 10 herbs to always have at the ready. Go to Melissa K Norris.com forward slash

summer herb and make sure that you get registered. Summer school is in session and it has never been better.

Welcome to episode number 170 of the pioneering today podcast.

My name is Melissa Kay Norris and this is the place where we inspire

you to have a homegrown and handmade life with easy steps to take your food from seed to table to jar for homegrown eating year

round. And we will be talking some today about eating that homegrown food year round. But today's episode

specifically we're going to be talking about getting yourself and your household ready for big events.

Now I'm actually talking big events like whether kind of emergency type things or

when you can't get to the grocery store, which for a homesteader or those of us who are doing the pioneering today living those old-fashioned skill sets in this modern world. We like to be ready and have the things on hand

at home so that we are self-reliant kind of no matter what. But when a big old snowstorm hits your area, it's even more important that you've got all of these things in place already.

At the time of this recording it has been snowing on our homestead

for almost 24 hours straight and has dumped over a foot of snow on top of snow accumulation we had already received.

We live in the Pacific Northwest.

I'm on the west side of the North Cascade Mountain Range, tucked right up into the foothills.

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